Posted on 12/06/2016 12:23:49 AM PST by JimSEA
An earthquake much more powerful and damaging than last year's 7.8 magnitude quake could rock Katmandu and the Himalayan Frontal Fault, an international team of seismic experts has concluded. The unsettling news comes after field research and analysis in the year following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, which killed 9,000 people and destroyed 600,000 structures throughout the region.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-12-seismically-katmandu-region-larger-earthquake.html#jCp
"We conducted a number of paleoearthquake studies in the vicinity of Katmandu in the past year, digging trenches and studying soils and faultlines looking back over the past 2,000 years," Wesnousky said. "Coupled with the historical record, it's apparent the faults are capable of earthquakes far greater than the Gorkha earthquake." Last year's earthquake and aftershocks could be viewed as a warning of a more powerful earthquake that could rock the region with even more devastating effects. The team's observations shows the Tribeni site is probably approaching or is in the later stages of strain accumulation before a large earthquake, which could produce 15- to 30-foot high fractures in the earth.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-12-seismically-katmandu-region-larger-earthquake.html#jCp
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The beginning of learning is what is being seen here. These hypotheses need a lot more field work and lab work before any regional models can be tested. That and time. This is as close to living science as geology gets.
Better climb Everest while it’s still the world’s tallest mountain. It may soon be shorter than K2.
Bob Seger may want to reconsider.
Hah! However I can still relate to his thoughts. “I’m going to Kathmandu! that’s what I’m really going to do!”
That will knock a lot of snow down.
Further evidence that the evil of rap/Hip Hop spreads worldwide along with the mindless predatory violence it promotes.
This was a very well written article. Plate tectonics are not normally breakfast fare but this article might be for some families.
It was, wasn’t it. The promised research will help in numerous locations worldwide.
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